The trial of Lizzie Borden : a true story

The trial of Lizzie Borden A true story

Cara Robertson

Sound recording - 2019

Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear and how those stories influenced the debate inside and outside of the courtroom. Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, Robertson offers a window onto America in the Gilded Age, showcasing its most deeply held convictions and its most troubling social anxieties.

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Subjects
Borden, Lizzie, > 1860-1927 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) > Massachusetts > New Bedford > History > 19th century.
Biographies.
Audiobooks.
Genres
Biographies
Audiobooks
Published
[New York, NY] : Simon & Schuster Audio 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Cara Robertson (author)
Other Authors
Amanda Carlin (narrator)
Edition
Unabridged
Physical Description
10 audio discs (approximately 12 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN
9781508280521
  • Somebody will do something
  • An incredible crime
  • The web tightens
  • A most remarkable woman
  • The curtain ascends
  • Under fire
  • A signal victory
  • Intent, deliberation, and preparation
  • Short, busy, and very important
  • Last words in the great trial
  • The old place
  • The enduring enigma
  • Coda: the defense file.

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